The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-02-11

tho chslrman Of tie Conference Com
nlttse upon che part Of the Senate, and
vho prepared the bill, gays IL AZ bis
unquaIihsd opinion that the question
of composition ~ between the two hauls
--ths one long and the ether short
haal--would DO . circumstance 10 be
esnsidsrod In determining whether the
I've hauls were "under subssankiGliv
similar circumstances and conditions .
Ia this construction In part coneurr-
ID, and With the still further view that
Il would be an absolutely controlling
oaFOamslancs, rendering the case entire
y dlasimilar % that where there wan no
oompetision and linsisted that my
sadgmsnt, the eourts woaid 20 cvusttus
II In most cases that would arise, and
that, therefore, inasmuch as In almost
every instance that would arise there
would be eompstion 10 the one case
that Of the long hanl--and no compeii-
ton Ia the other cr the short haul, IL
would only he IN The rarsst of cases that
the section would operate 70 prohibit
greater charge for short than . long
distances. Possibly Il may be said that
9 ton Of freight transported from 81.
Paul over the Northsrn Pacicc and
Oregon Rail~ay and Navigation Com
pany 10 Portland i transported "usder
suhstantlally similar circumstances and
conditions" 10 shat Of a ton Of like
frsight oyer The sams line from So Paul
10 The Dallos, or Arlington, or Una
tilIa, the latter being The point Of juno
tion Of oompeting railroads, If 40 may
admit that The Northern Pacific com
binea With the Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company or controls or
uses lie lius from Wallnla to UmatilIa !:
but ret thsrs Il. With these six worda
IN the section, very serious question
With ne uhssher this can be truly said
70 be 20. inasEu uch ~ It may very prop
eFly BE- said that as bstwesu Sc. Paul
aud Portland there l. eompelition-
6ss, by rail 70 aAn Francisco from 81.
Paul, end thence by the steamers Of the
Oregon Railway aud Navigation Com
pany 70 Portland and SECOND, via the
CAnaSlan PAci6e. Puget Sound, aud 80
on. But still further, when the North
sia Psci6s shall have completed It's
line across the Cascade Mountains TO
Puget Sonnd, which wili be at very
early day. Whereby that company will
have direct lins between 81. Paul and
Portland. then the stations along the
Columbia river Between Portland. Or,
and WAllula or PAsco, 10 Washington
Territory, will, 30 far as the line from
S. Paul 20 Portland via the vsllsy Of
the Columbia ia concerned, bs non-
composing points whereas. between
st. Paul and The Dalles and Arlington
and UnatilIa and Wallula, there Is no
such competing line. 80 that, should
the courts hold that these facts, or rath-
ar this Circumstance of composition in
the one case, and none Ia the other,
make transportation over the two
routes substantially dissimiiar, then in
that event uLquestionably there would
be nothing In thia bill thpt would pre-
Yent ths transportation company from
charging more, OF evea three tunes as
mnch. for transporting Ton Of freight
from ST.. Paul TO The Dalles, or to Ar.--
ington or UmAtills, or walIula, tbAn
from st Paul 10 Portland, aud vice
versa.
But let us inquire further. Take
points on the line Of the Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation Company east Of
Umatilla Junction, the competing point
at Umatilla or on tho line of the North
ern Pacific east Of that point. What,
then, IN the effect Of thess six words,
"under alphabetically similar circum
stances and conditions" in this fourth
section ? It Is, IL seems TO me, tt rem.
der The section absolutely imperative
and Of no account, 10 so far as atfording
protection to the people 10 Eastern 0fe-
gon and Eastern Washington Territory
Is concerned whose point Of shipment
is on either lloe east of Umati..a, for
the reason that, as between Chicago OF
St. Paul and Portland, via the North
ern Pacific. as well a. between ST. Pual
and any and ell points on the iine oi
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company west Of the junction at Uma-
tiIla, there. IL not only competition, but
the sharpsst kind Of competition, on
through frsights over tho line Of the
Union Pacific. Oregon Short Line and
O. r. d Nav. Go. line whereas, be
tween St. Paul or Chicago, and any
point on the Oregon Railway aud Nav
Iigation C,mpany's line in Eastern Ore
gon cast of Umatila Junction, or be-
tween ST. Paul or Chicago, and any
point on the NortherA Pacific or Ore
gon Railway and Navigation Cos. lins
east Of Umatilla, there is absolutely no
competition and, therefore, the trans
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